Method of and apparatus for stretching trousers



July 12, 1932. A ESKANDARMN 1,866,553

METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR STRETCHING TRdUSERS Fil ed Nov. 7, 1931 INVENTOR A1 E xan d er'fl 5k andari an WITNESS:

His ATTORNEY Patented July 12, 1932 r orrlce 1 ALEXANDER ESKANDJABIAN, or OAKLYN, NEW JERSEY METHOD on AND APPARATUS non skrnnrcnme 'rnousnns Application filed November This invention relates to method of and apparatus for stretching trousers, and has for an object to provide an improved apparatusv employed for carrying out the improved method whereby the trousers are held while steam is applied thereto and manual stress for stretching.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a method whereby the lower ends of the legs of the trousers are clamped in juxtaposition to a steam table wherewith steam is applied to the trousers, the while manual stress is applied for stretching the fabric.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby trousers are held adjacent to a steam table, then while manual stress is applied for stretching the trousers longitudinally and applying thereto simultaneously, a measuring tape for determining the amount of stretching accomplished.

A further object of the invention is to provide a clamping device, with means for securing to the end of a steam pressing table or buck, with a tape measure for attaching to the trousers to unroll with the stretching thereof, and indicate the amount of lengthening accomplished by such stretching stress.

The invention therefore comprises as an apparatus a clamping means for clamping paratus is then removably attached to one end of a steam pressing table or buck, a tape measure which is drawn from its housing and attached by a pin or otherwise to a seam or other part of the trouser, while the method includes maintaining the trouser in such position under manual stress the while applying steam thereto from the steam table to soften the fabric, and permit of stretching.

The drawing illustrates an embodiment of the invention, and the views therein are as follows:

Figure l is a view in top plan of a conventional type of steam pressing table, or buck, with the implement applied thereto and trousers in position,

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Figure 2 is an enlar taken on arrow 2 of Figure 1,

50 scale as seen along arrow 3 of Figure 1, and

the cuff end of trouser legs, which said ap-.

Figure 3 is a view on still a greater enlarged.

7, 1931. Serial No. 573,533.

Figure 4; is a fragmentary sectional view, taken on line44 of Figure 3.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views;

Theimplement employed in carrying out the method comprises a pair of clamping members 10 and 11, .preferablycurved, as indicated at Figure 3. The clamping members 10 and 11 are provided with padding '12 60 and 13, respectively, and ,are clamped together'by means otbolts 14. The bolts 14 are preferably provided with squared shanks l'as shown in the section of Figure 3 to pre-' Ventturning, while winged nuts 16 are employed for applying manual stress thereto;

One of the clamping members as the member '10, is provided with a loopl'Z-terminating in a hook 18, which hooks about and under the end of the steam ironing table or buck 19. The loop 17 is attached to the clamping member in any approved manner as by passing through openings 20 in said member, as shown at Figure 4, and turnedbackwardlyin a return bend at 21. The backwardly turned extremities 21 are employed to secure the housing 22 of a tape measure23, having a ring 24"at its end. y

In operation, trousers, indicated at 25, will be clamped between the clamping members 10 and 11 by manipulating the thumb nuts 16. This will enclose the cuffs of one or bothlegs of the trousers firmly between these clamping members, whereupon, the device is attached to the end of a steam table or buck, I indicated conventionally at 19 so that the trousers will lay along the top of the buck.

The tape measure is now drawnoutwardly from its" housing 22 and the ring 24 pinned to the seam or other part of the trouser, indicat ing the length of the leg. In this position,

steam is educted through the usual padding of the buck to penetrate the fabric ofthe trouser, softening the goods so that manual 1 stress applied to the tops of the trousers will result in the stretching of one or both legs as may be submitted to the operation. The stretching thus accomplished will be indicated by the tape measure so that when the requisite amount of stretching has been attained, the process will be discontinued.

It will be obvious that there will be a certain amount of shrinkage take place after the stretching and proper allowance must be made therefor in the initial stretching. The shrinkage will, under most amount to one-half of the stretching so that the stretching must be twice the required ultimate length.

Of course, the method of and apparatus for stretching trousers, herein illustrated, may

be modified and changed in various ways without departing from the invention herein set forth and hereinafter claimed.

The invention is hereby claimed as follows:

l. The method of increasing the length of trousers consisting in laying the trousers upon a steam table, clamping the ends of the trou- S61 legs firmly to the table, applying steam from the table to soften the fabric, and applying manual stress to stretch the fabric longer than the ultimate requirement to allow for contraction.

2; The method of increasing the lengthof trousers consisting in laying. the trousers upon a steam table, clamping the cufi' ends of the trouser legs between separable clamping members, attaching the clamping members firmly to the table, educing steam'from the table into the fabric of the trousers to soften the fabric, and applying manual stress to Overrun the required ultimate length.

3. An apparatus for increasing the length of trousers consisting of separable clamping members, clamping means for clamping the members firmly together, a hook carried by the clamping members to hook about the ends of a steam table and resist manual stress, and a tape measure carried by the clamping members,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ALEXANDER ESKANDARIAN.

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